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Q6: What are some additional useful to know baseball card collecting terms ?

(part 2)Error Card - essentially, a card with a wrong player photo, inaccurate bio, or any
characteristic that separates it from correctivity. Baseball card history is
rich with such mutations. Anything from the 1957 Topps "reversed negative"
picturing Hank Aaron in his opposite batting stance, to the infamous 1983
Fleer Billy Ripken "obscenity" card which depicted a not-so-politically correct
4-letter word at the end of his bat handle.

Extended Set - Also frequently called Update Set or Traded Set.
defined as a set issued after a company’s original release to
"update" the regular set and include players traded to another team and shown in
their current uniform, or rookie cards of players featured in a single-photo.

Facsimile Autograph - a simulated autograph printed on a card designed to show what the
player’s actual signature looks like. These are NOT the player’s "real"
autograph.

Factory Set - a complete set in a special box and wrapped with a protective covering
produced by the manufacturer, usually with a unique seal and sold directly
to dealers or card shop owners and not available through the usual
retail outlets.

Grade - the physical condition assigned to a card, either by a price guide, or
through the assessment made by sellers.

Graded Card - a card which has been assessed for condition by an independent source
and given a ranking, with 10 being the best. The card is then placed in a
hermetically-sealed plastic holder with the grade designation and player name,
card company, card number, and serial number printed on the encasement.

The issue below is featured elsewhere on this website:

1967 Topps WHO AM I ?

NM/MINT to MINT COMPLETE 1976 Crane Potato Chip Football Discs Set.

It's easy to see why the 1967 Topps "Who Am I? set is a favorite of both sports and non-
sport collectors. The set's 44 cards feature mostly important figures from world history
but what makes this set even more popular was the inclusion of 4 of baseball's most
popular players: Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Sandy Koufax !!!

The players picture on the front is covered with a scratch-off disguise with silly,
exaggerated features like hair, moustaches, hats, noses... and clues to help kids identify
the famous person pictured. The backs contained additional clues and instructions to
"Scratch off disguise on front to discover Who I Am. Use a coin or fingernail."

Cards with their scratch-off coating intact are worth many, many times cards with the
coatings removed. For example, NM/MINT Babe Ruth with the coating is in the $200-$400
range while a NM/MINT Ruth with the coating removed is closer to $25.

1964 Topps Stand-Ups

Topps most popular 1960's test issue !!!
Blank-backed and unnumbered, these standard size cards were called
"Stand-Ups". "Stand-Ups" refers to a type of card that was die cut around
the player's picture. The background section then could be folded in half, so the card
could stand up by itself while the player's picture stood alone.
Directions for folding are on the background and when folded only the
green background remains.
1934-36 Batter Up and the 1951 Topps All-Star sets are 2 other popular
standup issues.

Thanks to the green and yellow borders and the likelihood that most cards
have been heavily folded, 1964 Stand-Ups are extremely difficult to
obtain in top grades.

The 77 card set features color photographs of the player on
yellow and green backgrounds. 22 of the 77 cards were single printed making
them twice as scarce and much higher in demand.